Here are some Windows 10 CLI / Powershell commands I use once in a while. Using this as my personal notepad, so to speak; might be useful for someone.

Windows 11 several settings & tweaks

Stop Microsoft Edge popups asking for "default browser"

reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge /v DefaultBrowserSettingEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge /v DefaultBrowserSettingsCampaignEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Windows 11 misc. tweaks, settings, debloat.

This is a fairly long list. I run these normally after a fresh Windows install. You can copy / paste this into an admin-Powershell window. All at once, or individually of course. Or, save as a .ps1 file and execute. See here: --> https://gist.github.com/jonkeren/537dba7f7cf84e319c634f7e9af4f2f8

Windows 11 Make Windows Explorer faster

Windows Explorer can be really slow if the folder has a lot of files. Can be solved with:

reg.exe add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell" /v "FolderType" /t REG_SZ /d "NotSpecified" /f

Windows 11 improve speed of navigationg Onedrive folders in Explorer

On Windows 11 Onedrive is very slow accessing through the main window Onedrive or SharePointsync'd folders. Using procmon, Explorer.exe is losing 5-6 seconds doing a lot of ReqQueryKey on the HKCU\Software\Classes\ tree. It boils down on changing permission to full control for the ondrivesync entries here: Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PackagedCom\Package\Microsoft.OneDriveSync_xxxxxxxx to the "Everyone" account. No more entries logged on HKCU\Software\Classes tree. This speeds up Navigating Onedrive folders in Explorer by at least 10x. This script sets the rights on those registry keys, for all keys starting with Microsoft.OneDriveSync_. Also after a reboot it persists. You maybe should run this again after a new version of OneDrive is installed, and a new key (with another version number) is created. Script here: --> https://github.com/jonkeren/windows-10-commands/blob/master/Fix-OneDrive-Speed-Using-Registry.ps1

Windows 11 Delete unnessecary services from Killer, Intel, and Nvidia

This is for my pc driver setup currently. You may have different services.

REM Intel Content Protection HECI Service (Handles DRM and digital content protection for Intel graphics)
sc config "cplspcon" start= disabled
sc stop "cplspcon"

REM Intel HD Graphics Control Panel Service (Manages the Intel Graphics UI, custom resolutions, and hotkeys)
sc config "igfxCUIService2.0.0.0" start= disabled
sc stop "igfxCUIService2.0.0.0"

REM Intel Graphics Software Service (Background service for the modern Intel Graphics Command Center)
sc config "IntelGraphicsSoftwareService" start= disabled
sc stop "IntelGraphicsSoftwareService"

REM Intel PIE Service (Product Improvement Experience - handles Intel telemetry and data collection)
sc config "PIEServiceNew" start= disabled
sc stop "PIEServiceNew"

REM Killer Analytics Service (Collects telemetry and usage analytics for Killer/Intel networking cards)
sc config "Killer Analytics Service" start= disabled
sc stop "Killer Analytics Service"

REM Killer Network Dynamic Bandwidth Manager (Manages network traffic prioritization for gaming/streaming)
sc config "KNDBWM" start= disabled
sc stop "KNDBWM"

REM Killer Network Service (Core background service for Killer networking features and the Control Center)
sc config "Killer Network Service" start= disabled
sc stop "Killer Network Service"

REM Killer Provider Data Helper Service (Helper service that gathers network metrics for the Killer Control Center)
sc config "Killer Provider Data Helper Service" start= disabled
sc stop "Killer Provider Data Helper Service"

REM Killer AP Selection Service (Manages Smart Wi-Fi access point routing and selection for Killer cards)
sc config "KAPSService" start= disabled
sc stop "KAPSService"

REM NVIDIA Display Container LS (Core background service required for NVIDIA display drivers and Control Panel)
sc config "NVDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem" start= disabled
sc stop "NVDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem"

REM Intel Audio Service (Manages Intel Smart Sound Technology and audio enhancements)
sc config "IntelAudioService" start= disabled
sc stop "IntelAudioService"

Install free Windows 10 HEVC Video Extensions from Device Manufacturer

start ms-windows-store://pdp/?ProductId=9n4wgh0z6vhq

Windows 11 keep modern standby, but disable network in standby.

POWERCFG -SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONNECTIVITYINSTANDBY 0
POWERCFG -SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONNECTIVITYINSTANDBY 0​

Windows 11 Automatic activation

irm https://get.activated.win | iex

See: https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

CMD disable Windows 11 "Modern Standby" / "Connected Standby" (S0) and use S3

reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power /v PlatformAoAcOverride /t REG_DWORD /d 0
reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power /v CsEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0
reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power /v EnforceDisconnectedStandby /t REG_DWORD /d 0
POWERCFG /SETACVALUEINDEX 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e SUB_NONE CONNECTIVITYINSTANDBY 0
POWERCFG /SETDCVALUEINDEX 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e SUB_NONE CONNECTIVITYINSTANDBY 0

Windows 11 fix Logitech MX Anywhere 3 stutter/lag using registry change

Go to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB\VID_8087&PID_0026\5&3b777946&0&14\Device Parameters. Device name and numer might be different. In this case the device name is "Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R)". Add 3 key/values:

"DeviceSelectiveSuspended"=dword:00000000 
"SelectiveSuspendEnabled"=dword:00000000 
"SelectiveSuspendSupported"=dword:00000000

Windows 11 Disable Windows Defender (ToggleDefender and/or DefenderControl)

• https://github.com/AveYo/LeanAndMean/blob/main/ToggleDefender.bat
• https://www.sordum.org/9480/defender-control-v2-1/

Remove Windows 11 Defender and all services & files related to Windows Defender

• https://github.com/ionuttbara/windows-defender-remover

Remove and disable all CoPilot stuff in Windows 11

• https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI

Powershell Windows 11 debloat, with Gridview popup (so you can select which apps to remove):

Get-AppXPackage | Out-GridView -Passthru | Remove-AppXPackage

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Out-GridView -Passthru | Remove-AppXPackage

Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Out-GridView -PassThru | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online

Powershell to download / install / upgrade all current Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://vcredist.com/install.ps1'))

CMD Disk Cleanup old Drivers / Packages:

rundll32.exe pnpclean.dll,RunDLL_PnpClean /DRIVERS /MAXCLEAN

CMD Windows 11 search indexer service OFF and ON (run CMD as administrator):

sc stop “wsearch” && sc config “wsearch” start=disabled

sc config “wsearch” start=delayed-auto && sc start “wsearch”

Windows 11 SFC / DISM commands

sfc /scannow

Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore

Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup

Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase

Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /SPSuperseded

sfc /scannow

Windows 11 enable "God mode" icon on desktop

$DesktopPath = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop");
mkdir "$DesktopPath\GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}"

Windows 11 enable all power plan options/settings (unhide)

$jos = "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings"
$querylist =  reg query $jos
foreach ($regfolder in $querylist){
$querylist2 = reg query $regfolder
    foreach($2ndfolder in $querylist2){
    $active2 = $2ndfolder -replace "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" , "HKLM:"
    Get-ItemProperty -Path $active2
    Set-ItemProperty -Path "$active2" -Name "Attributes" -Value '2'
    }
    $active = $regfolder -replace "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" , "HKLM:"
    Get-ItemProperty -Path $active
    Set-ItemProperty -Path "$active" -Name "Attributes" -Value '2'
}

Set Windows 11 Store to DELL_Xps to download Dell Apps

REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Store" /v StoreContentModifier /f /t REG_SZ /d DELL_Xps

Powershell: Completely stop Windows Update from running and rebooting.

This disables the Windows Update scheduled tasks, takes ownershop of the UpdateOrchestrator dir, disables startup of wuauserv and set it to disabled.

$WindowsUpdatePath = "HKLM:SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\"
$AutoUpdatePath    = "HKLM:SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU"
Set-ItemProperty -Path $AutoUpdatePath -Name NoAutoUpdate -Value 1
Get-ScheduledTask -TaskPath "\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\" | Disable-ScheduledTask
Set-Service UsoSvc -StartupType Disabled -PassThru | Stop-Service
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" -Name NoAutoUpdate -Value 1
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" -Name AUOptions -Value 2
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WaaSMedicSvc\" -Name Start -Value 4
takeown /F C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator /A /R
icacls C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator /grant Administrators:F /T
Get-ScheduledTask -TaskPath "\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\" | Disable-ScheduledTask
Set-Service wuauserv -StartupType Disabled
sc.exe config wuauserv start=disabled 
Stop-Service wuauserv 
sc.exe stop wuauserv 
takeown /f c:\windows\system32\WaaSMedicSvc.dll

Powershell one liner to set Windows 11 updates to pause (suspend) for +365 days from now (today):

$pause = (Get-Date).AddDays(365); $pause = $pause.ToUniversalTime().ToString( "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ" ); Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings' -Name 'PauseUpdatesExpiryTime' -Value $pause

Several Powershell / cmd commands that might come in handy

Powershell create directories based on file extensions; and move the files to their extension directory. (This sorts files in one large directory into multiple subdirectories).

Get-ChildItem -File | % { Process { $_.Extension }} | Select -Unique | % { Process { New-Item $_ -ItemType Directory -Force }};
Get-ChildItem -File | % { Process { Move-Item $_ -Destination $_.Extension -Force }};

Powershell list status of all devices that have the option "Power Management - Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power"

Get-CimInstance -ClassName MSPower_DeviceEnable -Namespace root/WMI

Powershell automatically enable "Power Management - Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" (set check box) for all devices

Get-CimInstance -ClassName MSPower_DeviceEnable -Namespace root/WMI | Set-CimInstance -Property @{Enable = $true}

Powershell automatically disable "Power Management - Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" (uncheck box) for all devices

Get-CimInstance -ClassName MSPower_DeviceEnable -Namespace root/WMI | Set-CimInstance -Property @{Enable = $false}

CMD Batch convert multiple PDF's to JPG's with Ghostscript

@echo off
setlocal

for %%I in (*.pdf) do (
    gswin64c.exe -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dNumRenderingThreads=4 -sDEVICE=jpeg -r300 -dJPEGQ=80 -dFirstPage=1 -dLastPage=1 -sOutputFile="%%~nI_p%%02d.jpg" "%%~I"
)

Powershell find invalid characters in path and/or file name:

gci -recurse . | where {$_.Name -match "[^\u0000-\u00FF]"} | select -expand FullName

Powershell replace "right single quotation mark" in file names with normal tick/apostrophe

Get-ChildItem -Recurse | where {$_.Name -match "\u2019"} | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.Name -Replace "\u2019","'" } -Passthru

Powershell recursively remove some files (also hidden and system) from subdirectories:

Get-ChildItem -File -Include *.DS_Store -Recurse -Force | Remove-Item -Force -Verbose

CMD Make all Onedrive files and folders available locally, recursively:

attrib +p -u /s /d

CMD Make all Onedrive files and folders available in the cloud only, recursively:

attrib -p +u /s /d

Powershell delete all empty directories:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Force . | where { $_.PSISContainer -and @( $_ | Get-ChildItem ).Count -eq 0 } | Remove-Item -Verbose -Force

Powershell rename all jpg images and videos, to strip the "IMG_" and "VID_" prefix, and to replace underscores with dashes:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse 'IMG_20*.*' | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.Name -Replace 'IMG_20','20' } -Passthru

Get-ChildItem -Recurse 'VID_20*.*' | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.Name -Replace 'VID_20','20' } -Passthru

Get-ChildItem -Recurse '20??????_*.*' | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.Name -Replace '_','-' } -PassThru

CMD kill all tasks with a task name:

taskkill /F /IM <NAME>.exe /T

Powershell command to empty all EventViewer logs

Get-WinEvent -ListLog * | where {$_.RecordCount} | ForEach-Object -Process { [System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.EventLogSession]::GlobalSession.ClearLog($_.LogName) }

CMD command to empty all EventViewer logs

for /F "tokens=*" %1 in ('wevtutil.exe el') DO wevtutil.exe cl "%1"

CMD Batch convert *.opus into *.mp3 using ffmpeg

for %i in (*.opus) do ffmpeg -i "%i" -q:a 2 "%~ni.mp3"

Powershell move files to date-based subdirectories, based on the first characters (date) of the file name

This moves files names like 20251016-blabla.mp3 to a subfolder 2025\10\16.

$Source = 'SOURCE FOLDER'
GEt-ChildItem $Source *.mp3 | ForEach{
   $Destination = ($_.Name.Substring(0,4)),($_.Name.Substring(4,2)),($_.Name.Substring(6,2)) -join '\'
   If ( -not ( Test-Path $Destination )) {
       mkdir $Destination | out-null
   }
   Move-Item $_.FullName $Destination
   echo $Destination $_.FullName
}

Adobe stuff

Powershell command to create Firewall block rules for all .exe files in Adobe directories

This will recurse the directory, and automatically add an incoming and outgoing block rule in the Windows Firewall to block all program's access to internet.

Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path "C:\Program Files\Adobe" *.exe |
    Select-Object Name,FullName |
    ForEach-Object `
    {New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Block $($_.Name) Inbound" -Direction Inbound -Program "$($_.FullName)" -Action Block;
    New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Block $($_.Name) Outbound" -Direction Outbound -Program "$($_.FullName)" -Action Block}
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe" *.exe |
    Select-Object Name,FullName |
    ForEach-Object `
    {New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Block $($_.Name) Inbound" -Direction Inbound -Program "$($_.FullName)" -Action Block;
    New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Block $($_.Name) Outbound" -Direction Outbound -Program "$($_.FullName)" -Action Block}
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe" *.exe |
    Select-Object Name,FullName |
    ForEach-Object `
    {New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Block $($_.Name) Inbound" -Direction Inbound -Program "$($_.FullName)" -Action Block;
    New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Block $($_.Name) Outbound" -Direction Outbound -Program "$($_.FullName)" -Action Block}
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe" *.exe |
    Select-Object Name,FullName |
    ForEach-Object `
    {New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Block $($_.Name) Inbound" -Direction Inbound -Program "$($_.FullName)" -Action Block;
    New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Block $($_.Name) Outbound" -Direction Outbound -Program "$($_.FullName)" -Action Block}

Windows 11 stop Adobe unnecessary Adobe Background processes

Run this to rename these 5 exe-files.

move "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Sync\CoreSync\CoreSync.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Sync\CoreSync\CoreSync.exe.jos"
move "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud Experience\CCXProcess.exe" "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud Experience\CCXProcess.exe.jos"
move "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\ADS\Adobe Desktop Service.exe" "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud Experience\CCXProcess.exe.jos"
move "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Creative Cloud Libraries\CCLibrary.exe" "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud Experience\CCXProcess.exe.jos"
move "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud Experience\CCXProcess.exe" "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Creative Cloud Experience\CCXProcess.exe.jos"